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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The Purdue women's golf team returns to the Peach State for its third straight event this weekend, traveling to Athens, Georgia, for the 45th-annual Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic, hosted by the Bulldogs at the UGA Golf Course. The three-day tournament is the second stroke-play event of the season for the Old Gold & Black, following a fourth-place showing at the Gifford Great 8 Match Play at UCLA.
The Boilermakers aim to turn their recent stroke play success into match-play victories over the weekend, teeing it up against another stellar field. Purdue won the 3M Augusta Invitational on March 19, shooting 14-over, 878, and backed it up with a second-place effort at the Henssler Financial Intercollegiate at Kennesaw State on March 28, carding a score of 13-over, 877.
Senior August Kim continues to lead the charge for the Boilermakers, earning back-to-back Big Ten Women's Golfer of the Week honors and carding six straight rounds of par or better. However, the Boilermakers' team success can also be contributed to the improved and consistent play of sophomore Covadonga SanJuan and freshman Micaela Farah. SanJuan has finished tied for fifth at three-over, 219, and tied for 12th at four-over, 220, in her last two outings, while Farah has posted a pair of top-20 individual finishes as well with matching scores of five-over, 221, tying for 11th at Augusta and tying for 14th at Kennesaw.
Tournament play opens Friday with a single-round of stroke play to determine match-play seedings. The top-eight teams after 18 holes will advance to the championship bracket, opening with the quarterfinals Saturday morning, while the bottom four finishes will compete in round-robin action Saturday and Sunday.
THE FIELD
The 45th- annual Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic features another powerhouse field, including three top-10 squads, six of the top-25 and 11 of the 12 teams residing in the top-100 in the nation. Top-ranked Alabama aims to defend its 2016 event title, topping UCLA, 3-2, in the championship match, while Southern California, Auburn, Denver, the Boilermakers and the host Bulldogs look for some redemption of their own.
| Team | GolfWeek | GolfStat |
| Alabama | 1 | 1 |
| Georgia | 9 | 8 |
| Southern California | 10 | 2 |
| South Carolina | 11 | 11 |
| Arkansas | 14 | 16 |
| Oklahoma State | 19 | 19 |
| Purdue | 33 | 22 |
| Auburn | 39 | 40 |
| Old Dominion | 61 | 59 |
| Denver | 63 | 52 |
| Troy | 85 | 89 |
| Daytona State | -- | -- |
THE COURSE: UGA Golf Course
The UGA Golf Course plays home to the 45th-Annual Liz Murphy Collegiate Classic, hosted in honor of the former University of Georgia head coach and SWA. The tournament began in 1973 as the Georgia Invitational before becoming the Women's Southern Intercollegiate Championships from 1977-94. It was renamed in honor of Murphey in 1995. The event was changed to a combined stroke/match play in 2014, to match up with the new NCAA Championship format. The course is a par-72, 6,300-yard venue has been home to Georgia golf since 1968, and was designed by Robert Trent Jones.
AT THIS EVENT
Purdue makes its eighth trip to Athens for the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic this weekend, and third straight season the Boilermakers have played in the outstanding annual event. The Boilermakers missed the championship bracket in 2015 by one stroke, but went on to sweep the "Black" bracket with wins over Auburn, Alabama and 2015 NCAA Champion Stanford. Last season Purdue took fifth place, advancing to the championship bracket with a stroke-play round of nine-over, 297, falling to tournament-host Georgia in the opening match, but rebounding with wins over Denver (5-0) and Northwestern (2-2-1). Kim is 3-2-1 at the Liz Murphy over the last two seasons, while junior Marta Martin is 4-2, including a 3-0 sweep in 2015, and SanJuan posted a 2-1 mark last year.
THE PLAYERS (Season Stats)
| PLAYER | HOMETOWN | RDS. | AVG. | TOP 10 | LOW 18 | LOW 54 |
| Linn Andersson | Jonkoping, Sweden | 15 | 74.6 | 2 | 69 | 212 |
| Micaela Farah | Lima, Peru | 12 | 74.6 | 0 | 70 | 219 |
| August Kim | St. Augustine, Fla. | 21 | 72.1 | 5 | 68 | 210 |
| Marta Martin | Madrid, Spain | 21 | 75.2 | 1 | 71 | 217 |
| Cova SanJuan | Aviles, Spain | 18 | 73.8 | 1 | 69 | 218 |
#BOILERNOTES
- Senior August Kim has been named Big Ten Women's Golfer of the Week twice this spring, earning the honor in back-to-back weeks after a third-place effort at the 3M Augusta Invitational and medalist honors at the Henssler Financial Intercollegiate
- Kim has a pair of outstanding active streaks heading into the weekend, shooting par or better in six straight stroke-play rounds and going undefeated in her last six match plays
- Kim has played 71.4 percent of her tournament rounds at par or better this season, including all three rounds last weekend, good for a team-high 15 rounds at the mark
- Kim owns the Boilermakers' only two eagles of the season, making one in each of her last two tournaments, including a 3 on the 473-yard par 5 in the final round at The Dickson
- Kim advanced to Stage III of the LPGA Qualifying Tournament in the fall, one-of-11 amateurs to reach the final stage
- Sophomore Covadonga SanJuan and freshman Micaela Farah have each posted consecutive top-20 individual finishes, with SanJuan posting fifth and 12th-place showings, and Farah placing 11th and 14th
- SanJuan was the Boilermakers' top finisher in two straight tournaments, shooting four-over, 220, and tying for 16th at the Lady Puerto Rico Classic and posting a two-over, 218, to tie for 18th at The Dickson in Houston
- Farah has turned in a qualifying team score in each of her first 12 rounds as a Boilermaker, including a career-best 70 in the opening round at the 3M Augusta Invitational
- Junior Marta Martin is averaging an opening round of 72.3 strokes over her last three tournaments
- The Boilermakers have placed two individuals in the top-10 of four of seven stroke-play tournaments this season, including three straight in the fall and the 3M Augusta Invitational last weekend
- Purdue has won a pair of tournaments this season, taking the season-opening Minnesota Invitational and earning the team title at Augusta with a 54-hole score of 14-over, 878
- The Boilermakers matched the eighth-best 18-hole team score in program history at The Dickson, shooting a six-under, 282, in the opening round
- The Boilermakers took fourth place at the Gifford Great 8 Match Play, hosted by UCLA, in Purdue's only other match-play event of the season
- GolfWeek.com's Lance Ringler picked the Boilermakers to win the Big Ten Conference this season
- Purdue has four players currently on the LPGA Tour, including tour rookie Laura Gonzalez Escallon who tied for eighth at the 2017 season-opening LPGA Pure Silk Bahamas event, and Maude-Aimee Leblanc who tied for seventh at the 2017 ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open